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Fridericus, Saxo natione, qui anno 981. ad Islandos venit, atque docendi munere strenuè functus est, ac tantum fecit, vt Anno 984, sacræ ædes Islandis in vsu fuerint.
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Fridericus, Saxo natione, qui anno 981. ad Islandos venit, atque docendi munere strenu� functus est, ac tantum fecit, vt Anno 984, sacr� 鎑es Islandis in vsu fuerint.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Totos ego tredecim annos, quibus functus sum ministerio, sive in sacramentis, sive in aliis sacris celebrandis, exhortationibus aut precibus quae extant in Agendâ nostrâ, _nunquam usus sum_.
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell
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State insisted that, after it had settled the question of Missouri's relations to the Union, with reference to which it was specially chosen, it was _functus officio_.
The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights
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For the purposes of the present case that is sufficient to dispose of the argument based on _Reynolds_ v. _Attorney-General_ (1909) 29 N.Z.L.R. 24 that after a Commission has reported it is functus officio and beyond the reach of certiorari or prohibition.
Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81 New Zealand. Court of Appeal
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At once, however, he is confronted with the difficulty that the obligation of a contract is the obligation of a contract still to be fulfilled, and that a grant is an executed contract over and done with -- functus officio.
John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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Caesareum et queruli quondam uice functus amici, 30 nunc conuiua leuis monstrataque reddere uerba tam facilis! quo tu, Melior dilecte, recluso numquam solus eras. at non inglorius umbris mittitur: Assyrio cineres adolentur amomo et tenues Arabum respirant gramine plumae35
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Atque ut agnoscas ueram illam reuerentiam per has umbratiles dignitates non posse contingere; si qui multiplici consulatu functus in barbaras nationes forte deuenerit, uenerandumne barbaris honor faciet?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Quae omnia habuisse Christum dubium non est; nam et manducauit et bibit et humani corporis officio functus est.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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As to Mr. Manasseh's objection, that the Court is functus officio so far as this case is concerned, I uphold that contention; but, in exercise of the power that the Court holds over its officers, I consider that I have the power -- and that I should exercise the power -- of putting the solicitor in the box to explain how this document came into its present state.
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